turning off terminal causing deadly embrace

[Jim Gottlieb]

Any idea why when I turn off the terminal connected to tty001,
immediately the SD and RD lights start going continuously on the modem
on tty000 and bring the machine to a halt?  Is this a grounding
problem?  Thanks.
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                              Jim Gottlieb
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